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Father of 2 young adults. Cyclist. Cellist. Rejoiner πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί happy that my vote helped elect myπŸ”Ά MP. Ex BBC retired. Refugee from X…

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An inside job? Robbie Gibb’s campaign to rewire the BBC The β€˜proper Thatcherite Conservative’ who Boris Johnson installed on the board has form as an editorial meddler, and the signs are he’s not done yet

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06.03.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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EU UK Reset Efforts Urged to Accelerate in 2026 MEPs call for EU UK reset efforts to be decisively accelerated in 2026 as Brexit marks ten years and geopolitical pressures reshape European priorities.

"Brexit meant Brexit, but 10 years is a long time in politics and the geopolitical landscape has changed beyond recognition. It is time for the UK Government to recognise that the EU is its closest ally and its strongest partner. Progress has been too slow. The EU–UK reset must now be supercharged.”

05.03.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
Reform fury as someone else wins
by Our By-election Editor
Tim Shipsink
The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost
comprehensively to someone else.
"It's totally unfair and rigged,"
said Goodwhinge.
"I shouldn't
be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost."
Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me.
Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X.
"We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families."
Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice.
They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green."
Reform leader
Mr Farage,
speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said,
"It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either."

PLUMBER DEFEATS
MATT GOODWIN

Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… 
I've stopped the cock

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

05.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 4367 πŸ” 1455 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 79
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Churchillian, moi? It always used to make we laugh the way that Margaret Thatcher used to refer to Sir Winston Churchill as β€œWinnie”.

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05.03.2026 07:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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02.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This scar looks very much like the implant scar on the necks of the villainous victims in the Kingsman movie… maybe his head will explode in an equally colourful way?

02.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey:

"Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

02.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 3678 πŸ” 1017 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 135

Non British citizens AREN’T allowed to vote for MPs UNLESS they are
πŸ“Œ qualifying Commonwealth citizen or
πŸ“Œ a citizen of the Republic of Ireland

So which does he want to disqualify ? All of them?

And will he stop scavenging for $$$$$ foreign to support his party?

01.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 176 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Breaking news: the β€˜Today’ programme is broken The BBC radio show is the perfect illustration of just how unserious we’ve become

Radio4 #Today is not what it was.
β€œSo deep is it embedded in the public life of the nation that the Royal Navy submarines that hold the UK’s nuclear deterrent are advised to listen out for the Today programme as one of the official measures to prove the UK still exists”

www.ft.com/content/fc52...

28.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Gorton and Denton by-election shows people are bitterly disappointed with Labour but horrified by the rise of Reform.

In many parts of the country, it's the Liberal Democrats who can stop Reform.

27.02.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 185 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 26

www.facebook.com/share/r/1Cb7...

22.02.2026 10:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the map I got a little depressed the other day because of a map.

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20.02.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy endings? As more and more money and more and more power is concentrated in the hands of a small group of the ultra wealthy, you have to ask yourself, β€œ How do they think this is going to end?”

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19.02.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I see Nige has now had his β€˜quiet piggy’ moment?

Srsly , you have to be some stupid female to vote Reform.

18.02.2026 10:07 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1
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Matthew’s friends.

#GortonAndDentonByElection

15.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 236 πŸ” 124 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia Why do so many on the British far-right profess to worship Winston Churchill but make excuses for Vladimir Putin? asks James Bloodworth

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15.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Implicated in Two Alleged Epstein Killings; Death Threats Were Used Pervasively to Silence Victims.

It’s getting worse by the day…

14.02.2026 06:21 πŸ‘ 269 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 13
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US mediaβ€”but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,

06.02.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 2977 πŸ” 1613 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 84
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California now bypassing Trump to help Ukraine with billions.

15.02.2026 08:21 πŸ‘ 2738 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 37

BBC to pursue cuts of up to Β£600m as bosses point to fall in licence fee income

13.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Redirecting...

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12.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

11.02.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 4979 πŸ” 1289 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 64

A good moment to recall that bitcoins are a, if not the, central plank of Farage's economic policy. It's an order of magnitude madder than Trussonomics: www.cityam.com/farages-cryp...

06.02.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 358 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
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Ian Clark (@warehamphotographer) From Mike F Shaw - never a truer word … We see you Nigel Farage. Stood at the bar at your local boozer with a pint in your hand or outside having a fag to make the deluded think you are a man of the...

substack.com/@warehamphot...

11.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Russian Influence on UK Politics and Democracy - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Russian Influence on UK Politics and Democracy' on Monday 9 February 2026.

Interesting debate in Parliament on Russian interference in UK politics and elections

hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...

11.02.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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'Disgusting' Trump posts racist clip of Obamas as monkeys during unhinged barrage in new low

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Donald Trump has received backlash for posting an 'incredibly racist' video targeting the Obamas during an unhinged Truth Social rampage

The Mirror US screenshot: 'Disgusting' Trump posts racist clip of Obamas as monkeys during unhinged barrage in new low WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Donald Trump has received backlash for posting an 'incredibly racist' video targeting the Obamas during an unhinged Truth Social rampage

Trump is a vile racist bully

We should all condemn this without hesitation. But something tells me Farage will find a way to make excuses for his best mate Trump. I hope I’m wrong.

06.02.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 938 πŸ” 336 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 14
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Left: Muhammad Yusuf claims Peter Mandelson belongs in prison and calls Keir Starmer a disgrace who must quit.
Right: Meanwhile Nathan Gill is in prison for Russian bribes - so applying the same Muhammad's standard, Farage is a disgrace and must resign.

06.02.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 265 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 3
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Fix Britain's Trade Liberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.

I've just signed the Liberal Democrats' 'Fix Britain's Trade' petition and think you should too.

They want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back.

Add your name here: www.libdems.org.uk/trade

05.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mandelson leaks UK secrets to Epstein

Epstein was working for the Russians

And still Keir Starmer will not instruct our security services to investigate Russian interference in pushing Brexit over the line

03.02.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 587 πŸ” 199 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 7

Ah. россия.

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